Zia Zihan
About Zia
Zia Zihan is housed at the Institute for Transportation, contributing to various research on projects associated with the Center for Transportation Research and Education.
Shoaib Mahmud
About Shoaib
Shoaib Mahmud is housed at the Institute for Transportation, contributing to various research on projects associated with the Center for Transportation Research and Education.
Andalib Shams
About Andalib
Andalib Shams is housed at the Institute for Transportation, contributing to various research on projects associated with the Center for Transportation Research and Education.
Raghupathi Kandiboina
About Raghupathi
Raghupathi Kandiboina is housed at the Institute for Transportation, contributing to various research on projects associated with the Real-Time Analytics in Transportation (REACTOR) Laboratory.
Neeve Funston
About Neeve
Ms. Neeve Funston is a communications specialist working with the Institute for Transportation’s communications group. Her primary responsibilities include editing research reports and manuals, preparing newsletters, and assisting with website maintenance. Prior to joining InTrans, she held a variety of copyediting roles in both industry and academia.
Resume
Education
- BA, Linguistics, Iowa State University, 2022
- Minor in Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language
- BS, Technical Communication, Iowa State University, 2022
Professional Experience
- Communications Specialist, Institute for Transportation, Iowa State University, 2024-present
- Copyeditor, Global Reach Internet Productions, 2023-2024
- Grant and Proposal Copyeditor, Language Processing, Acquisition, and Change (PACE) Laboratory, Iowa State University, 2022
- Teaching Assistant, Department of English, Iowa State University, 2020-2021
Sherrie LaFleur
About Sherrie
Sherrie LaFleur is the research and event administrator for the Iowa Local Technical Assistance Program. She provides event coordination as well as administrative support. Sherrie provides support to Iowa LTAP staff with the coordination of events and workshops and in the delivery of transportation training and outreach efforts to local agency officials.
Katy Clewell
About Katy
Ms. Katy Clewell has been the office coordinator for the National Concrete Pavement Technology Center since May 2024. Her duties include communicating with research and administrative committees for the center; coordinating meetings, webinars, and conferences; making and processing extensive travel arrangements; and other administrative tasks associated with the operation of the center. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Northern Iowa, where she majored in Communication and minored in Public Relations.
Maroa Mumtarin
About Maroa
Maroa Mumtarin is housed at the Institute for Transportation, contributing to various research on projects associated with the Center for Transportation Research and Education.
Brittany Eide
About Brittany
Brittany Eide is a Web Developer and UX/UI Designer for the Iowa Statewide Urban Design and Specifications (SUDAS) program and Iowa Public Works Service Bureau (PWSB). She oversees the PWSB website and designs interactive experiences, from the early stages of ideation and user research, user flows and journeys, design, and prototyping to the final usability tests.
Brittany has over 5 years of experience in communications, marketing, and design roles in the academia, nonprofit, and game industries.
Yazan Abukhalil
About Yazan
Dr. Yazan Abukhalil is a research engineer specializing in transportation asset management, performance-based planning and programming (PBPP), and traffic safety. Over the past two years, Dr. Abukhalil has applied his knowledge to help state departments of transportation (DOTs) and metropolitan organizations improve transportation performance outcomes for local businesses, residents, and visitors at the lowest possible cost. This has involved calibrating predictive pavement and bridge deterioration and improvement models, evaluating life-cycle costs, developing optimal and financially constrained work programs, assessing tradeoffs, estimating long-term investment needs, suggesting transportation project prioritization criteria, and evaluating project impacts on network performance. Dr. Abukhalil aims to utilize the skills he acquired during his academic journey and work experience to build a better transportation system by helping DOTs make more informed investment decisions based on public involvement, stakeholder involvement, and data.